Both of my parents were Artists, and throughout my childhood they were constantly examining beauty in nature and creative work. Our home was flamboyant, and vibrant with colour. At the age of eight I remember my mother dismantling our piano one day and painting it hot pink with gold trims.

One wedding anniversary my father had their wedding certificate enlarged to seven feet and dyed pink and papered the wall with it. It accompanied a Baroque pink and gold porcelain clock that my mother had admired during an antiques exhibition.

In my twenties I developed my own glaze painting techniques and soon progressed to an industrial sized kiln that ran every other day. I estimated my painting over fifty thousand pieces during the time I was a gallery potter.

Later I was to take my design work into fabrics and furniture with a small innovative company - to then return to the minerals I love, becoming a wholesaler of crystals and art carvings. The gems of the earth have wonderfully the very same minerals that I had previously worked with colouring my glazes - producing the vivid colours I know and love so well.

Wooleroo is a work of love for me - I have so much fun making these pieces, and being able to choose yarns that are luxurious and fun. I also believe that there is a tremendous therapeutic value to wearing such a hat and have studied this subject, finding that it can be protective physically for the circulation, as well as very containing psychologically. They are deeply personal and often treasured - and it is with this in mind, I make each and everyone.

Thank you so much for visiting my store and taking the time to read my biography.

kind wishes
gabriel